Sal, things suck right now. Current events are depressing, we are losing many of our older, legacy artists (and now Jack DeJohnette!) and I bet that many of us are concerned about the current state of much of popular music. I must say as well, I stop by daily and read; I just wish I had the time to explore all the awesome music you share. That said, I did share the Miles Kane song and story with my eighteen year old! Keep up the fight.
Ace Frehley's death hit me more than I thought so I've been deep-diving into my KISS albums (and realized that side one of Dressed To Kill pretty much is terrible), so I'm behind on my listening. (That and watching the government rapidly collapse around us really is affecting me more than I thought it would.) That said, I loved the new Lily Allen record (considering how uncomfortable the lyrics are...) and it's a strong candidate for my favorite album of the year.
Sal, for whatever it's worth, I noticed as well that blogspot comment feature is often not working for me (getting a "failed to post" message), sometimes more than it works. How can we not help but feel in a malaise (to put it mildly) right now?
No doubt, Blogger can be touchy at times. Often though, it's the browser being used. If I had more people with the same issue, I could try to address it. Sorry it's giving you trouble. Your comments are here!
I think in general the world is pressing on people. At the risk of being political, government, peoples attitudes, economy...it is all just weighing people down.
Thanks for this Drummond number, which I did not previously have. I had to make sure it wasn't a reworking of the Crystalites' 'Undertakers Burial' (You know how some of those rock steady tunes got reworked or rereleased under various titles!), but, no, it's its own grand thing! C in California
It's not you. It's something general in the air. And not just in the US. (That sense of being fed up because summer has ended, everything's getting colder, the nights are drawing in might also be part of it.)
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I, for one, stopped stopping by when you got political
If I recall the content of your comments, it wasn't me being political, it was my politics.
Sal, things suck right now. Current events are depressing, we are losing many of our older, legacy artists (and now Jack DeJohnette!) and I bet that many of us are concerned about the current state of much of popular music. I must say as well, I stop by daily and read; I just wish I had the time to explore all the awesome music you share. That said, I did share the Miles Kane song and story with my eighteen year old! Keep up the fight.
Ace Frehley's death hit me more than I thought so I've been deep-diving into my KISS albums (and realized that side one of Dressed To Kill pretty much is terrible), so I'm behind on my listening. (That and watching the government rapidly collapse around us really is affecting me more than I thought it would.) That said, I loved the new Lily Allen record (considering how uncomfortable the lyrics are...) and it's a strong candidate for my favorite album of the year.
I'm guessing these comments were meant for the post above and not the Skatalites!
(I love "Dressed To Kill.")
Woops put the above comment in the wrong place. Let me fix it
Don Drummond and The Skatalites are as essential as Chuck Berry or The Beach Boys.
- Paul in DK
Yeah, sorry -- posted to the wrong link!
Nothing like Don Drummond and The Skatalites to bring me to the table - so to speak. Don Drummond sure had a tragic end.
Grow up; the whole world, everything we do is political.
Sal, for whatever it's worth, I noticed as well that blogspot comment feature is often not working for me (getting a "failed to post" message), sometimes more than it works. How can we not help but feel in a malaise (to put it mildly) right now?
Even your complaint about wanting no politics is political. Look around, deadmandeadman . . . opting out is still a political statement.
No doubt, Blogger can be touchy at times. Often though, it's the browser being used. If I had more people with the same issue, I could try to address it. Sorry it's giving you trouble. Your comments are here!
I think in general the world is pressing on people. At the risk of being political, government, peoples attitudes, economy...it is all just weighing people down.
Thanks for this Drummond number, which I did not previously have. I had to make sure it wasn't a reworking of the Crystalites' 'Undertakers Burial' (You know how some of those rock steady tunes got reworked or rereleased under various titles!), but, no, it's its own grand thing!
C in California
This song hit so good yesterday that I searched out the album on Spotify. A great Wednesday morning soundtrack!
Sal It's not you, It's me.
(I prefer Man In the Street).
It's not you. It's something general in the air. And not just in the US. (That sense of being fed up because summer has ended, everything's getting colder, the nights are drawing in might also be part of it.)
There's definitely an unease out there. As R.L. Burnside sings- It's Bad You Know.
Burning Wood's politics are right in line with mine. And that's something I need during this atrocious and disgraceful administration.
Burning Wood is one of the few things left that makes me open my computer.
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